A new law applied to a competitive market that requires that laid off workers be paid a large severance payment will

A) not generate a deadweight loss.
B) increase total welfare.
C) increase consumer surplus in the market.
D) decrease consumer surplus in the market.


D

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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